Damage to hire vehicle that I didn’t cause
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My sister, a few years back was putting some stuff into storage and got a free hire van for the day from the storage company.
I went with her to pick up the van.
Guy in office says, 'just sign here please'
My sister went to sign and I stopped her.
' I'm going to do a walk round check before my sister signs anything'.
'no need sir, van has been checked'.
We went outside and checked van, damage of some sort to every single panel!
I went with her to pick up the van.
Guy in office says, 'just sign here please'
My sister went to sign and I stopped her.
' I'm going to do a walk round check before my sister signs anything'.
'no need sir, van has been checked'.
We went outside and checked van, damage of some sort to every single panel!
alfaspecial said:
AceRockatansky said:
I used to hire cars a lot. One time I put an engine in the boot i was moving and dinked the boot lid with the engine crane as I was reversing.
So I got it repaired to avoid the minimum £1000 or whatever it was as it was quite a hefty scrape.
Upon return, the guy inspected it, walked round the vehicle and stopped at the boot lid. Damn, thought I'd been sprung.
He turned to me and said "where's the damage that was on the boot lid"
FFS...
My cousin had an 'issue' with a hire van.So I got it repaired to avoid the minimum £1000 or whatever it was as it was quite a hefty scrape.
Upon return, the guy inspected it, walked round the vehicle and stopped at the boot lid. Damn, thought I'd been sprung.
He turned to me and said "where's the damage that was on the boot lid"
FFS...
She had completed her law degree and just started her (trainee) solicitors job/articles, fairly close to her parents. She put her furniture in storage and moved into her parents house for a couple of months. Once she was established in her new job she decided to rent a place with a friend.
Moving day. She hired a 'Luton' type box van and, with her friend/flatmate drove to the storage facility. After loading, on the way out, she hit a 8 foot high security camera, knocking it off it's mounting but fortunately with no visible damage to the van.
She drove to her parents, in order to pick up her more personal stuff and did exactly the same as she had done in the storage facility - misjudging just how high a box van is...... Only this time the above cabin section 'took out' her parents porch, breaking windows, dislodging tiles and bricks and stoving in the above cabin 'box'. Ooops!
The next day she returned the van, knowing she had lost her deposit.
The owner of the van hire place was a laconic rather sour individual and Debbie said to him. "I'm so sorry..."
He just shrugged and said "That's life"
Debbie said "You know, you are taking this so well, I thought you'd be shouting at me and threatening all sorts."
And the guy said. "Well that the thing in the van hire business. You have no accidents/claims for months and then you have a spate of them. Only yesterday, some 't
t' in one of our vans crashed into a security camera...... thing is, apparently, according to the storage company, the driver just got out of the van in full view of the damaged camera, stared right into the lens, got back into the van and drove off. What a twonker!And Debbie had to say "Yes that was me, as well!"
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